8-Bit Phenomenon

Can we all agree that the Famicom and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) are huge phenomena that still continue to capture our hearts even after four decades?

More Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Colours

Another comic about Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con colours? Looks like I really am increasing hype for the Nintendo Switch 2...

A Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) edition of the Nintendo Switch 2 sounds like a great idea, so why not have a pair of Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons that come in the two shades of purple found on the North American SNES controller with the A, B, X and Y buttons being coloured red, yellow, blue and green respectively as a homage to the Super Famicom and PAL region SNES controllers?

Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons that come in any country's national colours would be nothing new because there was a limited edition blue and yellow Game Boy Pocket that was only available in Sweden, so why not have a pair of orange Joy-Cons with the stripes of the Dutch flag in the middle for the Netherlands and a Spanish flag pair of Joy-Cons for Spain?

Appetizing Appetizers

A roast turkey drumstick can be both an appetizer as well as part of the main course. Also, mixed fruit juice made from a combination of green apple juice and green grape juice exists. This mixed fruit juice goes well with appetizers such as potato wedges.

Differently Coloured Diamonds

Did you know that diamonds come in different colors? In fact, RuneScape, MapleStory, Minecraft and the Microsoft Puzzle Collection's Jewel Chase had to use diamonds that are of a different color so that people can identify which game the diamond came from.

The Canard Fighters of 2000 and Beyond

Currently, there are three types of canard fighter jets in active service with any country's air force. All of them are of European origin, and all of them are in the Daisenryaku series of video games. They are the British-German-Italian-Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon, the French Rafale and the Swedish Gripen.

The Eurofighter Typhoon was the third British fighter jet developed in conjunction with other countries. The other two being the SEPECAT Jaguar (UK/France) and the Panavia Tornado (UK/Germany/Italy). It saw no combat service until the Libyan Civil War of 2011.

The Dassault Rafale was originally conceived to complement the Mirage 2000, which is why these two fighter jets are a common sight during Bastille Day. Like the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Rafale did not see combat until the Libyan Civil War of 2011.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen was originally conceived to be the Saab 37 Viggen's successor. Like the Viggen, the Gripen is a delta wing fighter jet with canards. Unlike the Eurofighter or the Rafale, the Gripen has yet to see any combat whatsoever because none of the Gripen's operators are currently involved in any hostilities for now.

The Disappointing Lack of Justice

The lack of harmony between the upper class and the lower class in Japanese animation and comics has been a serious issue. We have seen this in Dragon Ball Z, where Vegeta the Prince of the Saiyans has often looked down on the lowly Son Goku. This recurring problem also surfaced in Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. To make matters worse, when it's the lower class getting bullied by the upper class, nobody stands up for the victims of such bullying. This could explain why the late Takeshi Shudo wanted Pokemon to have a depressing series finale, where the entire Pokemon series turned out to be the dying dream of a mentally ill Ash Ketchum. Do you know why? Because Japanese society rarely believes in the good name of justice. That is why bullying has been one of the biggest problems in Japanese animation (Sailor Moon author Naoko Takeuchi was a bullying victim).

This disappointing lack of justice could be the reason some people have all but given up on Japanese animation and comics. Such people have decided to give up because they believe in the good name of justice, and they were left disappointed. Disillusionment is nothing new, but the lack of justice in Japanese animation and comics has made such disillusionment even more justifiable.

Same Sprite, Different Colour Pattern

Palette swapping has been a mainstay in video game design since Pac-Man. It has been a tried and tested method that has successfully bypassed hardware limitations during the 8- and 16-bit era of video game design, and it is true to this day.

Did you know that the Arianne Skirt and the Split Skirt use the same item sprite as the Armine Skirt? While these Magician skirts have different color pattern designs to distinguish one from the other, all of them are merely different versions of the same item sprite (The Arianne Skirt has two different pattern designs). Coming up with different variations of just about anything using different colors and pattern designs to bypass game design limitations is a recurring theme in the production of MMORPGs such as MapleStory and RuneScape. This made deadlines easier to meet as far as video game design is concerned.